Slartibartfast
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@ibic2006 I waited until my nomination was approved before applying for the visa in case the nomination was rejected as my company are disorganised and if it was rejected I would have lost the application fee too. But it does mean the process takes a lot longer, as the visa application takes as long to get to the front of the queue as a nomination /visa together, if you see what I mean. Seeing as how the nomination was lodged late September, I would guess that even if you submit your visa application asap that's too big a gap for them both to be processed together. So either wait for nomination then submit, or submit visa now and you'll get it processed about a month or so earlier than if you wait. Depends if you have faith that your employer has done it all right!
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I use https://www.witopia.net/ for iplayer, and download programmes to avoid streaming delays etc. You do need a pretty hefty internet download limit though - I have used Internode for almost 4 years and am now on their 1000GB limit - as hard as my son tried to reach that limit, he's not hit it yet! Sky go have just started blocking access from VPNs though, I have everything crossed that BBC don't do the same, I can't face an exclusive diet of Aus tv!
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Wow, that is a long time... What documents were requested?
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The salary packaging might not be a problem, as it only reduces her taxable income, not the gross income, and that (gross income) should be evidenced in the employment contract and any deductions should be able to be referenced in the salary packaging documentation. However I think 186 visas now have a market rate salary requirement, rather than a minimum salary requirement, so your wife should be being paid the market rate for her job, which should be the same as or more than the current minimum rate for her 457 and the same as non-sponsored people doing the same job in her organisation. I've had a quick look and you might be ok though - it's about $55k here : http://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Job=Program_Administrator%2c_Non-Profit_Organization/Salary Check this carefully with your wife's company's MA or HR department - and you might want to wait until the nomination is definitely approved before applying for your visa, as that way you won't be wasting your money if the nomination is rejected. It will take longer, but you won't be wasting your money.
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There is a new document!! - see my signature
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Fantastic. Here's the shortened link for people's signatures (top right, Settings, then left hand column, edit my signature) https://goo.gl/SM8j0A
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Are you in a situation where you can take a look at what's going to be submitted or, even better, save your employers' time and do it for them? I did it for my company, put together a covering letter from my boss summarising all the evidence requested and what was attached, basically a one stop shop for the CO, with loads of numbered attachments for them to check the evidence. Once it was submitted (I had to get an extra 28 days as time was running out when I came back to the office off a long term project and saw the muddled rubbish the office manager was about to upload) we got nomination approval within a day or so (although the email was missed by my boss and I was on vacation...)
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You need to grant access to edit that, it's still locked.
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Your Employer's MA or responsible person will be emailed with the outcome of the nomination process and of course they can check their Immi account. If you have any doubt as to the capability of the person dealing with it within your company then gently remind them to check, I was delayed 6 weeks as the person in my firm missed the email. :mad:
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I've clicked through from the spreadsheet to request whoever has locked it to release it. We can either wait for a response or ONE person can save a copy of the document, make it editable by all, and then share the new, updated URL for the sheet.
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So your employer will get notified of the nomination outcome first, March or April, if you are very lucky they will pick up your visa application at the same time, but there doesn't seem to be a standard. You might never know when you get a CO, you might just get the much awaited grant email...
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Moving cities, same company & job....will 457 still be valid?
Slartibartfast replied to Matt Cahill's topic in Visa Chat
Have you been officially made redundant - has the paperwork been done? I've heard of people in similar situations agreeing to go on unpaid leave for a short period while the new job is sorted, that way there's no break in employment, but you'd have to evidence the unpaid leave in a letter or something from your employer as your salary might look too low when you apply for your 186. -
March, maybe April. Do you have nomination already or were both applications submitted in October?
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The 186 direct entry route is better, it's just that lots of employers don't go straight to permanent residency as you can theoretically leave straight away, as with a 457 you belong to them. You'll need to submit marriage certificate anyway when you apply, so it should all add up, same passport number etc.